Christ Presented to the People: Oblong Plate

1655

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This is a drawing of a historical or biblical scene with a large gathering of people in a public space. The image depicts an elevated platform where several figures are standing, surrounded by an audience below. Architectural elements surround the scene, featuring columns and windows, hinting at a historical or Roman setting. Detailed line work captures the crowd in various states of engagement, some appearing to discuss or observe, others gesturing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 34.8 x 45.3 cm (13 11/16 x 17 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1863

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 76, State v/viii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Otto Gerstenberg (Lugt Supp. 1840c); Harris Whittemore (Lugt 1384a); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from Richard Zinser; given to the National Gallery of Art 1964

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 57, repro.

1967

  • Rembrandt: Experimental Etcher, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY, 1969-1970, no. 67, repro.

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 55a, 58-59, repro.

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

1995

  • Imitation and Invention: Old Master Prints and Their Sources, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, repro.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

Wikidata ID

Q65511746

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